No, the tanks are not kept in the house. Maybe in extreme cold temps they could be kept in some kind of shelter, but normally the propane tank is out side, or even under ground now, with just the valve and meter sticking above ground. Federal, state, and local codes dictate where the propane tank can be placed. The most common size is a 500 gallon tank. 250 and 1000 gallon tanks are also available for residential use. The tank is normally filled to 80% capacity, otherwise the propane will expand to much, and could blow up the tank, if the safety valve is not working properly. In the winter, our supplier actually filled ours to 85% capacity. As far as not vaporizing in the extreme cold, a propane vaporizer is used. I am not sure how cold it needs to be to use one of these. In the Midwest, we never had an issue with not getting enough propane to run the furnace. They are also used when the tank can not vaporize enough propane for downline use. The propane is pumped to the vaporizer as a liquid, and then vaporized, and sent down stream. One other thing neat about propane, is you can use copper tubing. Michael _____
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 8:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wireless bad thing detectors. HMM, you learn something every day. I didn't think propane would be a good heating source for a hole house. Everywhere I've lived, you either heated with natural gas or fuel oil. So, when you heat with propane, are the tanks inside the house? I mean, doesn't propane have issues if it gets too cold? I mean, doesn't it start to have problems vaporizing? Anyway, here are the make and models of my alarms. First Alert SCO501CN-3ST ONELINK Battery Operated Combination Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm with Voice Location $69 First Alert SA511CN2-3ST ONELINK Wireless Battery Operated Smoke Alarm with Voice Location, 2-Pack $89 -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew. <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> cmu.edu Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
